Polten Surname

1,140,742nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 211 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Polten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1421:566,94046,426
Argentina201:2,137,171104,027
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

The alternate forms: Poltén (9) are calculated separately.

Polten Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Polten Come From? nationality or country of origin

Polten (Russian: Полтен) has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also be found as: Poltén. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Polten? popularity and diffusion

The last name Polten is the 1,140,742nd most commonly occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 34,538,132 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 70 percent of Polten live; 69 percent live in Western Europe and 68 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 142 people, or 1 in 566,940. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 33 percent reside, Saxony, where 20 percent reside and Thuringia, where 20 percent reside. Beside Germany it occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 9 percent reside and South Africa, where 9 percent reside.

Polten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Polten has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Polten last name contracted 85 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Polten Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Polten earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 56.18% less than the national average, earning R 104,136 per year; in United States they earn 27.47% more than the national average, earning $55,000 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.77% more than the national average, earning $65,467 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poltén949/
Poulten92270/
Poltien921/
Poylten921/
Pholten920/
Poltn910/
Poulteen861/
Palten83152/
Pülten8336/
Poltin8329/
Pulten8316/
Poltem835/
Poltyn833/
Poltenová801/
Palteng77382/
Poltina7726/
Poultin7716/
Palthen7713/
Poltyna779/
Pholtem771/
Poultem771/
Paltien770/
Pholting711/
Poulting710/
Paltin671,241/
Pultyn67138/
Paltem6746/
Poltinova6728/
Pultin6718/
Paltyn676/
Paltín673/
Paltén672/
Poltynova671/
Paltne671/

Polten Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Polten in the Russian language
Полтенpolten-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Polten
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